How to Manage the Blue Orchard Bee
Title | How to Manage the Blue Orchard Bee PDF eBook |
Author | Jordi Bosch |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 100 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN |
Orchard Mason Bee
Title | Orchard Mason Bee PDF eBook |
Author | Brian L. Griffin |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 69 |
Release | 1993-01-01 |
Genre | Orchard mason bee |
ISBN | 9780963584113 |
Mason Bee Revolution
Title | Mason Bee Revolution PDF eBook |
Author | Dave Hunter |
Publisher | Mountaineers Books |
Total Pages | 358 |
Release | 2016-03-22 |
Genre | Gardening |
ISBN | 1594859647 |
• Author Dave Hunter is at the leading edge of bee and pollinator issues • Mason bees are part of the solution to honeybees’ decline • No other bee book addresses the topic with such depth and interest • Includes useful information about leafcutter bees too! The national media regularly features dire stories on honeybee colony collapse and its danger to our food supply. But there's another, unsung bee that has the potential to save the planet—the mason bee. Mason Bee Revolution explains how docile, hard-working, solitary mason bees (and their compatriots, the leafcutter bees) are even more productive pollinators than honeybees, and keeping them can be a fun, easy, backyard hobby for gardeners, conservationists, foodies, and families everywhere. Why these bees? Bee pollination is critical for about 80 percent of US agricultural crops, increasing crop value by an estimated $15 billion annually. Since 2006, nearly a third of all honeybee hives have been lost each year, due to parasites, pesticides, habitat loss, climate change, and a newer malady called Colony Collapse Disorder. While scientists search for answers to save the honeybee, Dave Hunter and his company, Crown Bees, are leading the effort to increase the population of other highly efficient pollinators: One mason bee can produce twelve pounds of cherries, via pollination, where it would take sixty honey bees to achieve the same. Mason Bee Revolution is an easy-to-follow guide to keeping both mason and leafcutter bees. It tells you how to set up, care for, and harvest your own bees and what types of plants and habitat encourage mason and leafcutter bees, as well as provides general information on other common pollinators and bee-related facts, projects, and personalities.
Mason Bees for the Backyard Gardener
Title | Mason Bees for the Backyard Gardener PDF eBook |
Author | Sherian A. Wright |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Bee culture |
ISBN | 9781592994618 |
Mason Bees for the Backyard Gardener contains wonderful color photographs and illustrations. Step-by-step instructions get you started, choosing between an almost no-work method to a more involved method of winterizing your bees. In an era when people are asking "What's happening to the bees?" this book is indeed timely by focusing on a bee that requires no special equipment for its "beekeeping" criteria.
Managing Alternative Pollinators
Title | Managing Alternative Pollinators PDF eBook |
Author | Eric Mader |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 162 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Bee culture |
ISBN | 9781933395203 |
"Examines the history of the British fire service from 1800-1980, embracing certain key themes of modern British history: the impact of industrial change on urban development, the effect of disaster on political reform, the growth of the state, and the relationship between masculinity and trade unionism in creating a professional identity"--Provided by publisher.
100 Plants to Feed the Bees
Title | 100 Plants to Feed the Bees PDF eBook |
Author | The Xerces Society |
Publisher | Storey Publishing |
Total Pages | 241 |
Release | 2016-11-29 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 1612127010 |
The international bee crisis is threatening our global food supply, but this user-friendly field guide shows what you can do to help protect our pollinators. The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation offers browsable profiles of 100 common flowers, herbs, shrubs, and trees that support bees, butterflies, moths, and hummingbirds. The recommendations are simple: pick the right plants for pollinators, protect them from pesticides, and provide abundant blooms throughout the growing season by mixing perennials with herbs and annuals! 100 Plants to Feed the Bees will empower homeowners, landscapers, apartment dwellers — anyone with a scrap of yard or a window box — to protect our pollinators.
Pollination with Mason Bees
Title | Pollination with Mason Bees PDF eBook |
Author | Margriet Dogterom |
Publisher | Coquitlam, BC : Beediverse Books |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Bee culture |
ISBN | 9780968935705 |
Introduces concept of pollination and bees/ mason bees to gardeners in order to increase fruit production. Includes information on nest construction and mason bee build-up with detailed pen and ink illustrations.